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Monday, March 30, 2009

Grass Heads

I love these supercute soggy creatures.You only need socks, burlap, or some other loosely woven cloth, some sort of grass seed, a rubberband or twist tie, buttons, pins, and soil.

Open your sock or material over the rim of a mug, and put in the seeds.

Next add your soil, pushing it in firmly.Twist the opening to tighten, lifting it out of your mug, and tie it with the rubberband or the twisty.

Trim off the excess material and water thoroughly.Turn it over, and shape your creature how you like, and add your eyes and nose.Keep it on a saucer or plate with water in the dish so that your seedlings won't dry out.Soon you'll have hair!

Those are great! We made one at a fall festival and the grass is still growing. Our's was made with panty hose and a glued on face (that has since fallen off). I love the idea of using socks and sewn on buttons - so cute!

I just keep things in mind, and when it feels like a good time for something, I run it past the babes. If they're up for it, we do it.If I'm up for it (such as an experiment), and one/they are not, I'll do it, and sometimes they'll join in or I'll holler "Hey, come check this out!, it's so cool!":)That's about it.

I never get tired of "Magic School Bus" (I am almost 35!)I LOVE USborne.The museum looks FANTASTIC! If you are ever in the area I suspect your gang would love the Wyoming Dinosaur Center outside Thermopolis.

This is great! I was going to write about post about the same thing showing the photo of my store bought ones with instructions on how to make your own, and I see you've beat me to it! Yeah! I'd just love it if you'd come to my blog linking party (thru Tuesday) and link to this so I can share it with readers next week @creativejewishmom.comall the best, and hope to see you there!

I run Fun Family Crafts, a site similar in nature to Craftgawker and Spotlight, but different in that it's a library of craft tutorials geared only at kids. I would love it if you'd stop by and submit this to be featured! (I link to you, I don't post your tutorial on the site) Feel free to submit as many kid friendly craft tutorials as you like! http://funfamilycrafts.com/